Richland township, Keokuk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Richland township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 759
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 68
- South: 34
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 330
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,300
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 103 (6 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 91
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (36.0%)
- English (13.9%)
- United States or American (12.2%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- European (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 337 (75%)
- Carpooled: 60 (13%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 37 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (70%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.5% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 930- In family households: 820 (239 male householders, 24 female householders)
234 spouses, 293 children (282 natural, 1 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 9 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (43 male householders (39 living alone)), 52 female householders (52 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 127 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 2 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
166 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (5 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |